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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93

Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana

चुलुकेंऽबु पुनर्द्धृत्वा स्वभावादेव सिध्यतः । एकविंशतिसाहस्रप्रमितस्य जपस्य च ॥ ९३ ॥

culukeṃ'bu punarddhṛtvā svabhāvādeva sidhyataḥ | ekaviṃśatisāhasrapramitasya japasya ca || 93 ||

پھر ایک چُلُک بھر پانی لے کر یہ عمل اپنے ہی سُبھاؤ سے سِدھ ہو جاتا ہے؛ اور اسی طرح اکیس ہزار کی مقدار والا جپ بھی سِدھ ہوتا ہے۔

चुलुकेin a handful (hollow of the hand)
चुलुके:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचुलुक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
अम्बुwater
अम्बु:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे कर्म (object) अधिकयुक्तम्
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
धृत्वाhaving held/taken
धृत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘धृत्वा’ = धृ + क्त्वा; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having held/taken)
स्वभावात्from (one’s) nature
स्वभावात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: from/by nature)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)
सिध्यतःare accomplished/succeed (two)
सिध्यतः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसिध् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन; ‘सिध्यतः’ = (they) succeed/are accomplished
एकविंशति-साहस्र-प्रमितस्यof the (japa) measured as twenty-one thousand
एकविंशति-साहस्र-प्रमितस्य:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएकविंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘प्रमित’ = प्र-मा (धातु) + क्त, ‘परिमित’ अर्थे; ‘एकविंशतिसाहस्रेण प्रमितः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष; जपस्य विशेषणम्
जपस्यof japa (repetition)
जपस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
and
:
Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual procedure discourse)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

It emphasizes that disciplined, rule-based practice—simple acts like taking a palmful of water and completing a fixed count of japa—has innate efficacy when performed according to prescribed method.

By highlighting steady japa (mantra repetition) as a complete practice in itself, it supports bhakti through consistent remembrance and recitation, where devotion matures through regulated repetition.

Ritual procedure and precision in practice—especially quantified japa counts and water-sipping/hand-water acts (ācamanā-like steps)—reflect the applied, technical side of Vedic discipline.